Higher Consciousness presents:
Higher Consciousness
From 3 to 5 pm on Thursdays, Alicia is dedicated to raising your vibration in this time of mass spiritual awakening. The synchronicities and coincidences that call for attention are given space and joined with music that shares the peace of Gaia and points to the thresholds of our collective experience. A mixture of edgy music, candid interviews, and Alicia’s insights, this is Higher Consciousness.
(Playlist 83)
Alicia Higher Consciousness February 22nd, 2024
Posted In: Local, Music, Music Shows
Tags: DJ Godiva, Music and tarot
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Nikki Giovanni is one of the world’s best known Black poets. She became famous in the 60s as part of the Black Arts Movement and went on to write more than 2 dozen volumes of poetry and 11 illustrated children’s books. She’s received the NAACP Image Award seven times and has taught at Virginia Tech from 1987 until she retired in 2022. We talk about the new documentary about her that’s on Max, GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT:
– Why a trip to Mars can be understood by Black women
– Who determined the artistic design and concept of the film?
– Getting Taraji Henson to read the narration
– Watching her interviews from the 70s
– Lighting James Baldwin’s cigarette during a TV interview
– Why she refused to answer a question
LINKS:
Nikki’s website
Going to Mars (on Max)
The poem that Paula wrote for Nikki
Screening of CURRENT, A Descendant’s Journey for Truth at the Library of Virginia
and here’s a poster with the dates/times for the other screenings in Virginia.
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear February 16th, 2024
River City Limits presents:
River City Limits – New Year, New RVA Tunes
Andrew with RVA Playlist is back on River City Limits looking at all the new (and some old) stuff coming out in the Richmond music scene.
rvaplaylist River City Limits February 10th, 2024
Posted In: Local, Music, Music Shows
Tags: local music, Richmond music, river city limits, RVA Playlist
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
Meet the director of Driving Madeleine
Driving Madeleine takes a charming cab ride with a 93-year-old woman headed to her nursing home. Christian Carion is the director of the film, which goes deeper into drama than expected. He talked with me from Paris:
– Transitioning from being a farmer to a director
– How the friendship of Dany Boon and Line Renaud helped during the shoot
– Line sang “Relaxez-vous” with Dean Martin in Las Vegas
– Shooting the cab scenes in “The Volume” (new technology)
– Casting the younger version with different color eyes
– Shooting the flashbacks in a reference to American films
– How he used Barnard Herrman’s music to set the mood
– The dance sequence that ends the film
– Showing Spielberg’s DUEL at the screening of his movie
LINKS
Driving Madeleine at Movieland
My review of Driving Madeleine
Line Renaud sings Relaxez-vous with Dean Martin
This clip features stills from the Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis movie You’re Never Too Young, but the song was deleted from the film.)
Indie Short Film Festival (in C’ville)
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear February 9th, 2024
Higher Consciousness presents:
Higher Consciousness
Playlist 81
From 3 to 5 on Thursdays, Alicia is dedicated to raising your vibration during a mass spiritual awakening. The synchronicities and coincidences that call for attention are given space and joined with music that shares the peace of Gaia and points to the thresholds of our collective experience. A mixture of edgy music, candid interviews, and Alicia’s insights, this is Higher Consciousness. Today I’m giving away Sammy Rae and The Friends tickets so Tune in and I’ll tell you what number caller to be when I play their song “Kick it to me”.
Alicia Higher Consciousness February 8th, 2024
Posted In: Local, Music, Music Shows
Tags: Dance therapy, DJ Godiva, Free ticket giveaway, higher consciousness, Tarot and Radio
Brain Box presents:
What Do You Have in Common with Neanderthals?
In this episode, we meet the Science Museum of Virginia’s David and Jane Cohn Scientist, Rose Basom. Rose is a biological anthropologist (you’ll learn what that is) and she talks us through some recent studies that show how genes can express themselves in our behavior, and the distant origins of some of those genes. Tune in – you might learn some things about yourself!
To learn more, visit the Smithsonian Institute’s website on human origins.
River City Limits presents:
RCL 2-3-24 Jay Smack Host
smack River City Limits February 3rd, 2024
Tags: rvamusic
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
Peterburg’s Blair Underwood in ORIGIN
Blair Underwood is the best known actor to come out of Petersburg VA. He started his career in local theatre, but went on to star in numerous movies, TV shows and Broadway productions. His latest role is in ORIGIN, Ava DuVernay’s powerful film based on the book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” Some of the things we discuss:
– Getting his start in local theatre
– What he learned from working on One Life to Live
– Working with Cicely Tyson on 5 shows
– Having Tyler Perry direct his as Madea
– Playing Octavia Spencer’s hubby
– Getting hired by Ava Devurnay for Origin
– Why he still loves acting on Broadway
– What’s fun about voiceover work
– Being on the cover of Playgirl Magazine
– Acting in Michael Jackson’s music video
LINKS
Blair Underwood’s IMDB page
Virginia Production Alliance (Industry event on 2/6)
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear February 2nd, 2024
Higher Consciousness presents:
Higher Consciousness
Playlist 80
From 3 to 5 on Thursdays, Alicia is dedicated to raising your vibration during a mass spiritual awakening. The synchronicities and coincidences that call for attention are given space and joined with music that shares the peace of Gaia and points to the thresholds of our collective experience. A mixture of edgy music, candid interviews, and Alicia’s insights, this is Higher Consciousness.
Today, we finish up our talk about the Clair gifts and so much more.
Next week I give away tickets to… Sammy Rae and The Friends at the National, with Erin and the wildfire on Monday, February 19th, 2024.
The Mantra of the Friends?
“Go put a smile on somebody’s face, go tell somebody they’ve got a place in this world, go tell somebody you wanna be friends with them.”
For as much as Sammy Rae & The Friends may be a band, this collective of dreamers and artists considers themselves a family first. Fronted by singer and songwriter Sammy Rae, the group flourishes in any spotlight with a combination of all-for-one and one-for-all camaraderie, palpable chemistry, deft virtuosity, and vocal fireworks. Their sound is a mélange of Sammy’s influences, rooted in classic rock, folk, and funk and sprinkled with soul and jazz.
Complete with a rhythm section, two saxophones, keyboards, and plenty of percussion, Sammy Rae & The Friends have delivered their high-energy, spirited and unrestrained shows to sold-out audiences around the US and Europe. Their newest single, “Closer To You,” arrives just as Sammy Rae & The Friends gear up for gigs this summer at SummerStage NYC and Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, with a world tour scheduled for Fall 2023.
https://www.thenationalva.com/events/detail/?event_id=500657
Alicia Higher Consciousness February 1st, 2024
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Tags: Clairaudience, Clairvoyance, higher consciousness, Higher Vibrations
Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
Dream Girl Radio (feat. [substitute] DJ Gawk) 1/31/2024
It’s the 5th week of the month! Usually scheduled DJs do not host and sneaky, (possibly unscrupulous) substitute DJs tip-toe in to take the reigns.
DJ Gawk doesn’t normally venture into the soundscape of the ambient, but she’s open to new experiences and learning opportunities. Lord knows, she doesn’t stay strictly ambient on this episode, but consarnit, she gives it the ol’ college try!
Leeah Swift Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC January 31st, 2024
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